Friday, January 1, 2010

A NEW YEAR

The New Year, a new decade, slipped in quietly at our house. Everyone was weary from all the festivities of the week and we had to be at the airport early this morning to send off our little prairie family, so the 'magic hour' was sealed with a goodnight kiss as we drifted into slumber land. Only too quickly dawn was heralded by the soft hooting of an owl.

This morning the snow was falling, leaving a clean, pristine landscape. In the quiet lull after a very full week, over a cup of coffee we talked briefly of the year ahead, tossing a few dreams around but not filling in the blank calendar.

" Time is what prevents everything from happening at once."

John Archibald Wheeler.

This is a good thought to remember when life gets too busy, or even frantic at times. (Sort of like the snow storm in the brambles of this bush.) It's good to dream about the year's plans but we need to anticipate each day with the ordinary routine, or in contrast, the surprises or disappointments that will come.

I had a flashback to my childhood and the joy of receiving an autograph book for Christmas in 1958, over five decades ago! I rummaged through a keepsake box to find this little book that as a ten year old I had collected little verses from family and friends.

Just last night I was thinking of the following verses from Proverbs, how they have been my life verses, and here they were, in this little worn autograph book, penned by my parents as encouragement for my spiritual journey.

This is our family - the people in whom I will invest the most love, time, and energy in this year of uncharted pathways. I want my life to count for Jesus as I trust God's faithfulness for another year.

YOUR FAITHFULNESS

Brian Doerksen

" I don't know what this day will bringWill it be disappointing, filled with longed for things?I don't know what tomorrow holdsStill I know I can trust Your faithfulness

I don't know if these clouds mean rainIf they do, will they pour down blessing or pain?I don't know what the future holdsStill I know I can trust Your faithfulness

Certain as the rivers reach the seaCertain as the sunrise in the eastI can rest in your faithfulnessSurer than a mother's tender loveSurer than the stars still shine aboveI can rest in your faithfulness

I don't know how or when I'll dieWill it be a thief, or will I have a chance to say goodbye?No, I don't know how much time is leftBut in the end, I will know your faithfulness

When darkness overwhelms my soulWhen thoughts and storms of doubtStill I trust You are always faithful, always faithful

Certain as the rivers reach the seaCertain as the sunrise in the eastI can rest in your faithfulnessSurer than a mother's tender loveSurer than the stars still shine aboveI can rest in your faithfulness

I don't know what this day will bringWill it be disappointing, filled with longed for things?I don't know what tomorrow holdsStill I know I can trust Your faithfulness"

PICKING POSIES ... and other ordinary things that make my heart glad.

I am a wife, mother of 4 married children, and grandmother of 10 beautiful grandchildren.
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